Dragon Age 2 - A Look At The Qunari, Evolved @ GameInformer

July 29th, 2010, 15:40

You'll get a surprise when you see the new Qunari design, which GameInformer has unveiled today. They have two large concept arts and a bit of background:

BioWare’s been forthcoming about the new art style for Dragon Age 2, but even that didn’t prepare us for the surprise of seeing the redesigned qunari. Unlike the strange but decidedly humanoid qunari Sten from Origins, the images of the Dragon Age 2 qunari that we saw were muscular, nearly demonic-looking creatures. The most striking difference was the addition of horns. As it turns out, Dragon Age lore has an answer for why we haven’t seen them on qunari before.

Oh, for crying out loud, no, no, no. The redesigned qunari look terrible. Adding horns and red body paint is not the way to go, it does not equal more cool or more macho - unless you're twelve. To me, the new qunari just look ridicilous. I think I've had enough of the New Shit (tm). *sigh*

it is nice that they thought of a story why they are like that, but sten wasn't the only quenari. I would have never saved him out of the cage if he looked like that.

+ Not only horns: look at the hands: almost like claws, I liked the more Viking kind of quenari with a harsh look and strong body, but this

Spoiler –Really?

That he was an alleged child killer didn't bother you, but horns and long fingernails would have? Shame on you, looks are deceivin, you know

I am not crazy about what they have shown so far, but I also remember how many people shouted "this will suck" when they showed the "new shit" trailer. I'm willing to wait and see, for the moment. Although I like DA:O (currently playing) I think it is in need of an update in many ways. Whether Bioware changes the things that I would change is unlikely, but we'll see.

Originally Posted by titus
On topic again: even though his sins, he was still humanlike, just like elves and dwarves. Now he looks like he is some kind of demon or darkspawn

That's what I liked about the Qunari. True, like the Dwarves and Elves, they looked nearly exactly like humans. But for them, it worked. Their culture combined with their color of skin, eyes and their size made them appear as true monstrous men. It made them appear as if there was a true monster hiding behind those ominous red eyes of theirs.

And that's what I dislike the most about this form, it is too transparent. "These are monsters" it screams, while the old looks were simply "These are not men, they might look like men, but they are really monsters".

Still though, like I said, I welcome the change in silhouette for at least one race.